Lowry hoping for rain after shooting his best ever US Open round

Shane Lowry will bid to stay patient at Chambers Bay this weekend after shooting his best round in a US Open on Thursday night.

Ireland's world number 57 looks set to make the cut for the first time in three attempts after carding an excellent one-under-par 69 on a links course in Washington State that gave the 28-year-old form Clara, Co. Offaly, all the golfing comforts of a friendly round of golf at home.

Lowry is set to begin his second round on Friday at 4:39pm Irish time just four strokes off the lead shared by Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson having secured a major psychological boost by going under par in the opening round of a championship that is regarded as the toughest examination of a golfer in the calendar.